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I'm suffering from a serious case of buyer's remorse, with 6 lbs of cubed and frozen butternut squash taking up precious space in my freezer. As much as I love butternut squash, I'd never considered how mushy the texture becomes once frozen. What I'm saying is, I have 6 lbs of butternut squash that are only good for soups and baking applications, not for eating as the bite-sized pieces Costco so generously sold to me. Today I made some pumpkin beer and turkey chili from Modern Potluck, sweet potato quinoa muffins (with squash) from At Home in the Whole Foods Kitchen, vegan mac and cheese with butternut squash-cashew "cheese" sauce, and more sweet potato macadamia magic soup (with squash) from the Perfect Blend, so I'm down to 2 lbs remaining to be magicked into something glorious. And I have a lot of food to eat.
In happier news, January is over, which means I'm back to posting 2 savory and 2 sweet recipe ideas each Saturday (although I'm holding off on eating sweets until later this month...). I've missed bread, and today I started a sourdough, a rye sourdough, and a batch of croissants from Bourke Street Bakery. I also threw together some butterscotch cookies from Home Baked Comfort, and chocolate walnut scones and currant-oat paddles from La Brea Bakery (I had cream to use up). Hopefully these scones are as good as their ginger scones, which I obsessed over in college. It was a long Saturday in the kitchen and now my freezer is even more full than it was when I began. Which wasn't really the point, but isn't altogether surprising.
Any of these sound good to you? I'm pulling out four, but let me know in the comments what you'd like to see on the blog by Monday.
A) Pumpkin Beer and Turkey Chili with Butternut Squash and Beans from Modern Potluck
B) Herbed Black Quinoa Muffins with Sweet Potato and Caramelized Onions from At Home in the Whole Foods Kitchen
C) Butterscotch Blondies (as cookies) from Home Baked Comfort
D) Currant-Oat Paddles from Nancy Silverton's Pastries from La Brea Bakery
I vote for D) Currant-Oat Paddles